r7a.large vs r5b.large

Instance Typer7a.larger5b.large
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarger5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge
Generationsr5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.larger5b.large, r8ib.large
Variantsr7g.large, r7gd.large, r7i.large, r7iz.larger5.large, r5a.large, r5ad.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.large
RDSdb.r5b.large, db.r5b.large.tpc1.mem2x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS5417 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r7a.large
r5b.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15700.1579
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1810
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16180.1630
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17030.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17030.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18350.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.18350.1780
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.1780
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1780
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1810
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.15220.1490
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15220.1490
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.15220.1490
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